Name Kushalnagar after British officer, demands Codava National Council
Madikeri, June 29: Codava National Council president N U Nachappa urged the government to name Kushalnagar which reminds Tipu Sultan who was responsible for Devatparambu carnage, after Frazer Town or soldier Kulletira Ponnanna.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday after submitting a memorandum to the deputy commissioner, he said that when Tipu was born, his father Hyder Ali who camped with his army at Dandinapete on the bank of Cauvery, had called the region as Kushalnagar. The Persian word ‘Kush’ means, celebration. So as the Kushalnagar would remind Tipu Sultan, the government should rename the place as Frazer Town or Kulletira Ponnanna, he demanded.
The place was named after JS Frazer who ended the ruling of dynasty to uphold the self respect of Codava tribals and passed an Act banning the cow slaughter in 1835 for the first time in the country. But when the Mysuru state was merged with Karnataka in 1956, Frazer Pete was renamed as Kushalnagar. If the government was not ready to rename Kushalnagar after the British officer, it could think of naming it after Codava army commander Kulletira Ponnanna who chased the army of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan who were attacking Kodagu, he demanded.
Welcoming the renaming of Aurangzeb and Akbar roads in New Delhi after Dr Abdul Kalam road and Maharana Pratap road respectively by the Narendra Modi government, he said that the government should change the names which remind the misdeeds of Tipu Sultan, he said.
The memorandum was sent to President Ramnath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others. If the name was not changed, the Council would continue its peaceful protest, he said.
Kaliyanda Prakash, Mukonda Dilip, Mandapanda Manoj, Kiriyada Sharein, Chambanda Janath and Areyada Girish were present while submitting the memorandum.
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Brahmavar: Four arrested in Kotathattu murder case
Brahmavar: Police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of a 30-year-old man following a quarrel after a drinking party at Kotathattu Padukere in Brahmavar taluk.
The deceased has been identified as Santhosh Mogaveera, a resident of Padukere. The arrested accused are Darshan (21) of Parampalli Padukere, Kaushik (21) of Neeradi Jeddu, Sasthan Pandeshwar, and Ankit (19) and Sujan (21), both residents of Kotathattu Padukere. All four have been produced before the court.
According to the police, the incident occurred on the evening of December 14. Santhosh, along with Sachin, Chethan, Kaushik, Sujan and Darshan, had gone to a bar and later came to the Padukere Circle, where they had food and were conversing. During this time, an argument broke out between the groups over issues related to Santhosh’s family and alcohol consumption. The verbal altercation escalated, with the accused allegedly abusing Santhosh and assaulting him together.
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It is alleged that during the scuffle, Darshan struck Santhosh forcefully on the back of his neck with his hand, while Kaushik also assaulted him. Though others attempted to intervene and stop the fight, Santhosh collapsed at the spot.
He was later rushed to a private hospital in Brahmavar, where doctors declared him brought dead. A case has been registered at Kota Police Station in this regard.
Brahmavar Circle Inspector Gopikrishna, Kota Sub-Inspector Praveen Kumar T and Station SI Mantesh Jabha Gowda visited the spot and conducted an inspection. Further investigation is underway.
